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I’m 20, & I have an older Brother who is 26 we both have different fathers and since them my mom has remarried. my brother does not keep in contact with his father but I grew up a daddy‘s girl so my father & I’s relationship is very close.

When my brother speaks bad about his father my mom laughs.. but I got a quote tattooed on me that says “I carry your heart with me” because it reminds me of my father. he is in prison and I have not seen him since I was 7.. and when my mom saw it she said “she needs a tattoo that reminds me of her as well”..

My moms new husband is not a good provider, and can't keep a nice paying job.. and convinced her to put the last of their money into a towing business that put them thousands of $$$ in debt.
Recently I started seeing a guy who is 33 and when I tell my mom about how he takes me shopping, treats me well, sends me money for my books etc she will say things like “ That’s good, I’m glad you found someone like that, I wish I would have been smarter about the men I dated when I was younger, I wish I would could do those things but it’s all good, I’m happy“
I’m a bio Major and I don’t work.. so I rely heavily on my Student refund checks.. but my mom AND stepdad asks me for money EVERY WEEK.. even my older brother sometimes.. he dropped out of a school, I am going to school to be a doctor because I want to live a comfortable life.. I don’t want to struggle like them..

I noticed that she never asks my brother for money and if I say no I feel bad. My brother lives with my mom and stepdad while I am in college.. and she calls me crying asking for money for help with THEIR rent.. because my stepdad is inconsistent with his income, she pays mostly everything by herself and my brother does not help.. I feel bad for her, but I Also feel like it is not my job to make sure that she is not struggling and has what she needs. Do you think this is a case of jealousy or something else?

I make it very clear to men that I won’t date anyone with kids I like to be up front straight away. Was on a dating app even put it in the bio but men with kids continue to try and get me to go on dates with them.

I love children but I have no intentions of having them for a long time like another 8-10 years and right now I’m fully focused on my career and traveling. I want someone to travel with and when you have young kids you can’t just drop everything and go on a adventure.

I just had some guy have a go at me and telling me it was my loss. I replied no it really isn’t and he got more pissed. I have been very careful and responsible not to get pregnant so why should I take on someone with kids and the baggage of a ex partner.

Have you ever ever had this issue? Was I in the wrong?

There’s a backstory to this question.

My younger cousin who is a senior had a bit of drama today involving her on-and-off boyfriend (?), Nathan. Both are 18. They broke up at least 4 times over petty things and dated people in between their breaks. Anyway, Nathan dated this girl who was a sophomore (Patty) and they broke up for whatever reason so he went back to my cousin while Patty dated someone else. However, he would still flirt and being intimate with Patty and my cousin found out when Patty “confronted” her after she logged onto his messenger and read the conversation he had with my cousin. She was furious and broke down to her friends in tears. One of them in particular kind told her they told her so and informed her that the Patty was crying as she found out her boyfriend had cancer and my cousin said she didn’t give a fuck, which lead to her friends calling her fucked up for saying that and left it at, “I don’t care.”

She told me this at home and said she kind of felt wrong for saying she didn’t care about someone having cancer but at the same time said she thinks the girl is lying for attention (which she allegedly famous for), didn’t know him and had no connection to him so she didn’t understand why she SHOULD have to care. I didn’t know what to say. Obviously, she said it out of anger and frustration but do you think it’s wrong to not care about someone else’s misfortune or at least not be sympathetic towards it in general.